This.

“yes, he is – I had forwarded him to you because i wanted you to assess his qualifications and allocate him to an appropriate position and then to contact him”

Just so you can understand what PH has to deal with on a daily basis, she has not changed any of the wording / grammar.

PH is helping put together a team for a BID THAT HAS NOT EVEN COME OUT AND WILL NOT COME OUT FOR AT LEAST 3 WEEKS.  That’s right, she’s calling up people and saying, “Hi, we think there is going to be a bid soon, do you want to be a part of our team for a project that isn’t even in existence?”  She loves coming off as a complete professional!

The above missive is part of the constant pressure she receives from the Cranky Old Man (a “consultant” who is 15 years past retirement and enjoys nothing more than belittling every single person in the office), to “secure these candidates.”  The funny thing is, the Cranky Old Man has YEARS of experience in the subject of the bid.  So, in essence he is the right person to recruit for this role and not PH.  Furthermore, PH has a number of live roles (roles the company gets paid for) and doesn’t have time to waste time with fictitious bids that may or may not come out.

Accurate artistic representation.

Mark this date.

Last Thursday was a very bad day.  The work PH had been doing for the past 2 months is basically worthless and she’s now looking at 3-6 months of being in a triumvirate of dysfunctional living.  With A LOT of egos running around and pay scales down for all of the poor people she’s recruiting, Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 officially marks the day of how much she can take.  Although it’s a bit sad this is only 8 months in, the office generally recognizes PH’s boss, the Director, is the most impossible person to work for.  So, she’s going to carefully start looking to see what else is out there.  And she’s not alone.  Last week saw the frustration level of the entire office tick up in a big way.  Two of PH’s other colleagues are also starting to consider other possibilities.

Will there ever be a place where people function normally?  Even acting normal 50% of the time would suffice at this point…